Supreme Court asks Justice Department to weigh in on climate change suits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether the climate change lawsuits filed by California and two dozen…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether the climate change lawsuits filed by California and two dozen…
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessPrime Minister Narendra Modi, heading into his third term with a weakened mandate, wants India to embrace a new “green era” at…
Let’s start with a climate allegory. I’ll call it the Parable of the Three Environmentalists. The first runs a sustainability nonprofit led by Hollywood power…
Aita Prasad Gurung dangles off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of…
Antonio Guterres urges a 30 percent cut in global fossil fuel production and use by 2030 amid record high temperatures. Each of the past 12…
The makeup of the EU’s next parliament could affect the future of the bloc’s climate policies. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the…
WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies are asking the Supreme Court to block dozens of high-powered lawsuits from California to Massachusetts seeking to hold the industry…
We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. President John F. Kennedy was talking about going to…
A global goal to triple the production of electricity from clean sources such as solar and wind power by 2030 is “ambitious but achievable”, says…
The western US state has struggled to cope with wildfires that have grown in size and destructiveness in the last decade. Firefighters have made significant…
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by…
As a 20-week-old embryo, Choi Hee-woo became one of the world’s youngest-ever plaintiffs by joining a landmark climate lawsuit against South Korea. In late May,…
In short: Scientists are discovering new megafauna and other unusual species at The Caves near Rockhampton.In recent months, they have discovered the presence of thylacoleo…
After months of outcry, the California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to approve a solar energy program that critics are sure will fail spectacularly, making…
As the planet tips towards a point of no return, we look at how youth across the world are demanding climate action now. Protests and…
Nearly 1,450 hospitals across region are also in low-lying coastal areas vulnerable to extreme weather, UN report finds. Tens of millions of people living in…
Hopes are fading that an estimated 2,000 people buried by a landslide in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province will be found alive, a United Nations…
Tornadoes leave path of destruction across several US states as other parts of country brace for more possible storms. At least 21 people have been…
Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable. A couple has been found alive three…
At least 800,000 people evacuate their homes in low-lying coastal areas of Bangladesh as intense cyclone makes landfall. Cyclone Remal has smashed into the low-lying…